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Rhododendron in sight from the trail.59 views
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Letter from Ishida Mitsunari.59 views
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Urinal59 views
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Inside Blacksmith's shop.59 views
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Banners with the names of the seven spearing samurai.59 views
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Model of the Battle of Shizugatake site at Mt. Shizugatake and Lake Yogo. It explained how the forces of both sides gathered in this area and fought/retreated.59 views
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Depicting the escape of Ichi and the three Azai sisters from Odani Castle as it was attacked by Hideyoshi.59 views
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Dairinji temple's weeping cherry tree.59 views
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Graves of the Nihonmatsu Shonentai teenage samurai at Dairinji temple.59 views
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The dome building is a restaurant called Victorian House.59 views
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JR Kodaira Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.59 views
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Internet room59 views
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All the cherry trees have a tag or sign indicating the species. In this album, the photo of the tree tag/sign follow the tree or flowers that it indicates.59 views
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About the old longhouse gate. Wish I had time to translate all this, but sorry I'm too busy.59 views
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Sumida Park cherry blossoms.59 views
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Next to Kawaguchiko Station is this tourist information office. Get free pamphlets, maps, etc. English spoken. Many foreign tourists also visit the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji.59 views
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Gourds growing at Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba. I was soon to find out why they are growing these gourds. (Not for eating.) Whenever I see gourds, it reminds me of Hawaiian hula because they are used as hand drums.59 views
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Commuter bus in Akishima.59 views
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Tourist information office on the north side of JR Akishima Station. Helpful maps and staff.59 views
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Thirty teams made "mini giant kites" and competed in kite design (図柄) and flying (飛揚). They went on the outdoor stage for kite design judging.59 views
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This team is from Higashi-Omi City Hall's young employees group.59 views
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Needless to say, this was my favorite kite at the festival. How did they know someone from Hawaii was coming?59 views
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Their feet fluttered in the wind and their hips rocked left and right like real hula dancers.59 views
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The Awa Odori dancers also danced great in the wind. (Watch my video.)59 views
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At sround 11:30 am, they cleared the area and brought out the giant kite (odako).59 views
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They were going to pull the kite across the width of the park since the way blew that way.59 views
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The entertainment stage provided entertainment like samba dancing and taiko drummers.59 views
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Weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.59 views
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Monument in front of the train station.59 views
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The other indoor bath is very brown due to the iron content. The glass door goes to the outdoor bath. On the right side of this photo are sit-down showers where you can soap.59 views
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Tamagawa Josui Station on Tama Toshi Monorail Line.59 views
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Tama Toshi Monorail Line platform.59 views
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The 7th Tokyo Marathon was held on Feb. 24, 2013. As usual, many runners wore costumes. These photos were taken at the finish line at Tokyo Big Sight.59 viewsIt was a sunny, but cold and windy day when 96% of the 36,000 marathoners completed the run within 7 hours.
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Boat dock59 views
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The Thunderbirds exhibition was held during July 10 to Sept. 23, 2013.59 views
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Thunderbird 359 views
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Plastic model of Thunderbird 159 views
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Plastic model of Thunderbird 459 views
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Planetarium59 views
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Rocket engine59 views
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Koichi Wakata59 views
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Takao Doi59 views
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Cherry blossoms went into space.59 views
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Japan's first female astronaut, Chiaki Doi.59 views
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Experts have concluded that the lake bottom has become too sandy instead of having the fine clay-like soil that the lotus require.59 viewsMethane gas is also on the increase and there's a lack of oxygen due to the layers of dead lotus plants.
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Kusatsu Dream Windmill used to supply power to the Lotus Pavilion at Mizunomori. It is 95 meters tall up to the top of the blade tip. The diameter of the blades is 70 meters. Rated output was 1500 Kw. Will be dismantled soon due to old age.59 views
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Buses going back to Yasu Station run only once an hour. The bus stop to go back to Yasu Station is up the slope on the other side of the road where you got off. You can ask the museum about the bus times to go back.59 views
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Rear view of the main Maibara Station building under construction.59 views
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Entrance to JCMU. It is right next to the Hikone View Hotel (formerly Hikone Prince Hotel).59 views
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Inside the main lobby of the Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) in Hikone.59 views
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Entrance to Ikemen Battle 2013 next to the Shiga Prefectural Government.59 views
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Taiko drummers kicked off the festival.59 views
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They danced to two songs played repeatedly. One was Kagoshima Ohara-bushi おはら節, Kagoshima Prefecture's most famous folk song.59 viewsThe song rambles on about things and scenes in Kagoshima like the Sakurajima volcano.
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Every once in a while, they stopped dancing for 2 min. to allow people to cross the street.59 views
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Some troupes came all the way from Kagoshima.59 views
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During the intermission at 2:25 pm, lively performances by young dancers were held in front of the 109 building. Young Dance Troupe (from Kagoshima) ヤング踊り連59 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine was established in 1369.59 views
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In 1513, parishioners from five neighborhoods (Sumie-cho, Honcho, Nakacho, Kamicho, and Morishita-cho 住江町、本町、仲町、上町、森下町) held a spring festival to celebrate their renovation of the shrine's Haiden hall.59 views
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Ema prayer tablets59 views
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Another stationary entertainment stage.59 views
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The former Inaba family residence from the Edo Period. The house includes a traditional kura storehouse. The Inaba family were successful merchants and Ome village elders. The house also exhibited one of the large dolls originally mounted on a float. 59 views
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About the Inaba family house. Inaba-ke Jutaku59 views
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Jizo-zaka has a few traditional buildings.59 views
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At the top of Jizo-zaka.59 views
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Entrance to Nagahama Castle History Museum. Small admission charged.59 views
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Rice transplanter is also something we see in early summer in rural Japan.59 views
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Combine to harvest rice.59 views
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Inside the boat simulator. It's an easy ride. You can't go off course...59 views
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The museum's rooftop is also open to the public. The museum also holds various hands-on activities like rice planting/growing.59 views
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Maruko-bune transported rice, fish, kelp, and many other northern Japan goods bound for Kyoto/Osaka. From Kyoto, came cotton, confections, soy sauce, sake, kimono, textiles, tobacco, and more.59 views
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Red maples greet you as you approach Zensuiji's main hall.59 views
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Map of Wakasu Park. Wakasu Golf Links occupies most of the park.59 views
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Kasai Rinkai Park in the distance.59 views
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Betty Page lunchbox59 views
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Kappa imp59 views
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One symbol of Kappabashi59 views
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Welcome mats59 views
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Second floor entrance to Mondecool (Heiwado), a new two-story shopping center that opened in Feb. 2015.59 views
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Explanation of Hakone ropeway's closure.59 views
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Ubako Station. On Oct. 30, 2015, they partially restarted the ropeway service on the last segment where it goes down from Ubako Station to Lake Ashi. Good views of the lake and Fuji-san.59 views
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From Togendai, you have the option of going to Hakone-machi or Moto-Hakone. I wanted to go to Hakone-machi first to see the Sekisho Checkpoint.59 views
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Sekisho main office with officials working. It must have been hard to identify people since there were no photo IDs.59 views
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Foot soldier quarters59 views
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Mt. Fuji, Lake Ashi, and Hakone Shrine's torii in the water.59 views
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Moto-Hakone Port with Hakone Shrine's large torii in view.59 views
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Welcome to Lake Ashi (Ashinoko)59 views
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Chaya teahouse59 views
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Palanquin59 views
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Boat dock at the other end of the river.59 views
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My video of Koenji Awa Odori 2011 Part 1/2 高円寺阿波おどり59 views
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My video of Koenji Awa Odori 2009 Part 2/3 - Kikusui-ren 菊水会菊水連59 views
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Myozenji Hondo worship hall.59 views
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Roof of Hondo worship hall.59 views
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Shabu-shabu dinner with the shabu-shabu pot having a divider so we can try two different flavored broths.59 views
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Chiba Marine Stadium is next to the ocean behind the Makuhari Messe convention center. Near JR Kaihin-Makuhari Station on the Keiyo Line, about 40 min. from Tokyo Station.59 views
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The beer girls wear a backpack of beer and dart up and down the spectator seats to sell beer that they dispense into a cup.59 views
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Chiba Lotte Marines official uniform.59 views
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ANA's airplane maintenance hangar at Haneda Airport. Photography was permitted, but no videos. 59 viewsYou can post photos online, but you need their approval. These photos here have been approved by ANA. They don't allow ANA personnel and the other tour participants to be pictured. Also cannot show any non-ANA plane.
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With mostly panel displays and some artifacts, this special exhibition explains New Year's customs and bon dances in Hawai’i in layman's language in Japanese.59 viewsIt is a good primer for the average Japanese to gain an understanding of Japanese culture in Hawai’i. Much of the text is based on research conducted by Japan Women's University professor emeritus Noriko Shimada whose specialty is American history. She wrote a thesis about the Iwakuni Ondo in Hawai’i so the bon dance section is dominated by Iwakuni Ondo. Photos were contributed by a number of people including Noriko Shimada, Stephanie Ohigashi, Caroline Miyata, and Ai Iwane.
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Oshogatsu Panel 4 - New Year's Prayers at Shinto Shrines59 viewsBefore the war, Hawai’i had 60 Shinto shrines. Praying at a Shinto shrine during New Year's was a very important ritual for the Japanese immigrants. Today, Hawai’i has only seven Shinto shrines. Four in Honolulu (Hawai’i Izumo Taisha, Hawai’i Daijingu, Hawai’i Kotohira Jinsha combined with Hawai’i Dazaifu Tenmangu, and Hawai’i Ishizuchi Jinja), two on Maui (Maui Jinsha and Maalaea Ebisu Kotohira Jinsha), and one on the Big Island (Hilo Daijingu, Hawai’i's oldest Shinto shrine). A few of the shrines do not have a resident priest. Even today, praying at Shinto shrines during New Year's is a widely known Japanese custom in Hawai’i.
Hawai’i Izumo Taisha sees over 10,000 worshipers on New Year's Day alone. Recently, a Japanese TV program did a story on this shrine so now even tourists visiting from Japan are starting to pray here for New Year's. The shrine has about 30 different kinds of amulets (omamori) such as for finding a marriage partner, safe childbirth, warding off bad luck, etc. It also sells omamori from Izumo Taisha in Shimane, Japan.
New Year's is the biggest event at the other Shinto shrines in Hawai’i as well.
Panel photos: Top is Hawai’i Izumo Taisha on New Year's Day, bottom left is Dazaifu Tenmangu on the left and Hawai’i Kotohira Jinsha in the center, bottom center is Hawai’i Daijingu selling amulets, bottom right is New Year's at Hawai’i Ishizuchi Jinja.
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Page 4 talks about the nisei soldiers and bon dance held on six islands.59 views
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The ocean is right there.59 views
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Bus schedule at Umihotaru.59 views
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Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge with the new paint job in 2012. 瀬田之唐橋59 views
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Cherry blossoms in the middle of the river near Toragozen-yama, Nagahama.59 views
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The first shinkansen "Green Car" 1st class car.59 views
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Inside the first shinkansen "Green Car" 1st class car.59 views
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Chinese acrobat.59 views
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Red and gold everywhere.59 views
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.59 views
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The first people to sit on the song monument. L-R: Nagahama-native Kitagawa Akihiro of the duo ~Lefa~, singer and special guest Kato Tokiko, Kada Yukiko former Shiga governor, and the mayor of Nagahama.59 views
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The pond as seen from the Phoenix Hall.59 views
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Entrance to the see the sitting Amida Buddha. Photography inside the central hall is not allowed.59 views
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Although the major renovations were completed, they were still restoring the paintings on the doors, etc., of Byodo-in.59 views
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Sitting Amida Buddha replica at Valley of the Temples in Hawaii. It is very similar to the real one at Byodo-in.59 views
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Gokoku Shrine59 views
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Jozan Inari Shrine59 views
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Water basin 手水舎 I got there at around 8:30 am and it wasn't so crowded. Of course, there were people, but there was no problem walking to the shrine. 59 viewsNo stopping like at other famous shrines like Ise Jingu and Meiji Shrine on New Year's Day. Izumo Taisha was sparse in comparison.
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Barrels of sake decorating the perimeter near the gate to the Honden.59 views
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Gate to the Izumo Taisha Honden, the god's residence.59 views
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Emblem on the gate.59 views
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Carvings on the Gate to the Izumo Taisha Honden. 59 views
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Biwa means "lute."59 views
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Kaizu-Osaki cherry blossom cruise. Megumi docked at Kaizu-Osaki Port, Takashima, Shiga.59 views
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Cycling up northern Lake Biwa.59 views
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Uner the corrugated tin, you can see the thatched roof edge.59 views
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Rear view of Fukuchiyama Castle. 59 views
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Fukuchiyama Castle is also noted for its stone walls using stones that were originally something else, like gravestones, stone lanterns, and even Buddha stone statues (転用石).59 viewsFukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.
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Gosho-no-yu public bath in Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo. Looks palatial. (御所の湯).59 views
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Onsenji Temple's Hondo main hall. National Important Cultural Property. Photography is not allowed inside the temple. temple founder and priest Dochi (道智上人) is also the founder of Kinosaki Onsen hot spring. 59 views
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Hirakata Port's main catch is the monkfish/goosefish (あんこう), a type of anglerfish. Ibaraki Prefecture's coast is one of Japan's prime areas for monkfish. These are all monkfish being auctioned in the afternoon. 平潟港 せり見59 views
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Ota-juku manhole, Mino-Kamo, Gifu Prefecture. Depicts a river boat man.59 views
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